How To Take Over Your Screens With a Content Override

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Managing content across multiple digital signage screens is a breeze with a powerful content management system (CMS) like Fugo. But what happens when you need to interrupt your scheduled programming and display urgent, timely content?

Fugo gives you the ability to override your existing playlists and instantly take control of your screens through a couple of key features:

These come in handy for those situations when you need to get content on your screen *now* without going through a complicated song and dance:

Let's dive in!

To override the content currently displayed on your screen(s), you can use Manual Triggers. These allow you to interrupt your scheduled content and display different media instantly.

Manual Triggers are events that you can configure to immediately start playing a specific piece of content. You can think of them as an instant switch for controlling your displays.

For example, you could set a Manual Trigger to show an important announcement, promotional content, or an emergency message whenever needed. These triggers are easy to use and can be set up in just a few clicks.

If you want to be able to quickly trigger a playlist that overtakes your current content, you can do so with a manual trigger.

1. Log into your Fugo account.

2. Navigate to the Triggers page from the top navigation bar and click either of the Create Trigger buttons.

3. This will open up the Trigger builder:

4. Give your trigger a name.

I'll call mine "Welcome client to office" since I'm going to trigger this content when my client enters my office.

5. Click Add source.

6. Choose the Manual trigger option.

7. Your manual trigger will now be listed as a pane under your Trigger Source.

Now that your trigger source is in place, you'll need to choose or create some content to fire when you manually activate your trigger.

1. On the Content card, click Select Content.

2. This will open the content picker where you can choose between:

Apps

Display a feed from one of Fugo's third party app integrations.

👉 Discover Fugo's apps

Media

Display an image, video, audio, or presentation file you've uploaded to your media library.

👉 Learn what media types we support & how to upload it to Fugo

Studio Content

Display a slide or slideshow you've created in the Design Studio.

👉 Learn how to design custom slides that bring together text, media, apps, and animations with our Design Studio.

Dashboards

Display a dashboard you've connected and saved to your Dashboard library via the TV Dashboards feature.

👉 Learn how to authenticate with your preferred data or anlaytics platforms in Fugo

For my content, I'm going to choose a slide I created in the Design Studio for welcoming clients into my office:

3. When you've chosen your content, it will be listed as a pane in your content card.

Finally, now that you've set you've set your trigger and display content, you need to tell Fugo which screens it should display on!

1. Click Select Screens.

2. This will open a pop up window for you to either choose from your already-paired screens or pair a new screen.

If you chose to pair a new screen for this content to play on, our pairing window will open:

3. When you've assigned your screen/s - that's it! Click Create Trigger to set it live.

4. Your new trigger will now be listed on your Triggers page.

When you're ready to fire off this content, you can click either:

Play once: Play this content just one time for the duration you assigned it while building your trigger.

Loop: Play this content on a loop until you manually stop it with the Stop button.

Ever need to quickly share your laptop screen during a meeting or presentation? Fugo makes it easy to wirelessly cast your browser tab, window, or screen to a TV with just a few clicks.

Fugo’s Cast to Screen feature allows you to mirror your Windows or Mac laptop, desktop, or tablet to a TV screen. It works by streaming your computer screen over the internet to displays connected to Fugo.

This allows you to easily share presentations, video conferences, virtual whiteboards, or collaborate on documents by casting your screen. No cables, adapters, or complex setup required.

1. First, make sure your screen is paired to the Fugo platform.

2. In your account, navigate to your Screens page and click Cast to screens.

3. Choose which screen/s you want to cast to (you can cast to more than one at a time).

4. A pop up will appear allowing you to choose what to cast - your entire screen, a specific app window, or browser tab. Select your option then click Share.
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5. Your selection will now be cast on your TV to share your presentation, video call, or collaborate with your team.
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6. When you’re done, simply click “Stop Sharing” and your Fugo playlist content will resume playing on the TV.
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If your screens are in shared space such as a meeting room, huddle space, or conference area - you may want to display a casting link on that screen so that any person on site can quickly cast (AKA mirror) to that screen without having to log into Fugo.

You'll enable it from your screen's Casting tab:

👉 Get the full instructions for setting up & using the casting link in this guide.

Reach out to Fugo’s support team if you need any help getting set up:

Happy publishing! 📺